Editing Denmark, Wisconsin (section)

===Early settlement===
In 1846, a [[Prussia]]n immigrant, John Bartlme, purchased 40 acres of land in the area of what is now Denmark.<ref name=history>{{cite news |title=Historical Sketch of the Village of Denmark |newspaper=The Denmark News |location=Denmark, Wisconsin |date=June 11, 2015 }}</ref>

In 1848, the second settler, and the first [[Danes|Danish]] immigrant, a man named Niels Gotfredsen, bought 160 acres in the area.<ref name=history/> He and his wife were referred to as the 'King and Queen of Denmark', because they were the first Danish settlers of the town of Denmark.<ref name=history/>

====Big bribe of 1854====
In 1854, the residents of [[Brown County, Wisconsin]] voted on whether [[Green Bay, WI|Green Bay]] or [[De Pere, WI|De Pere]] would be the county seat.<ref name=bribe>{{cite news |last=Healy |first=Don |title=Denmark's First Chronicler Tells of Early Settlers, Big Bribe of '54 |newspaper=The Denmark News |location=Denmark, Wisconsin |date=July 3, 1974 }}</ref> This was also the year that the residents of Denmark wanted to build a church, but they did not have any money. A man from De Pere came to the town, and offered to pay two dollars for every vote the people of Denmark would cast in favor of De Pere.<ref name=bribe/>

On election day, 15 men and boys from Denmark turned out to cast their votes for De Pere, and the town was given $30.<ref name=bribe/> But instead of building a church, as was originally intended, the town built a school.

====First business====
In 1871, Hans Beyer immigrated from old [[Denmark]] to [[New York City]], from which he traveled to Green Bay.<ref name=hans>{{cite news |last=Nelson |first=Karen |date=June 11, 2015 |title= The Making of Denmark's First Store |newspaper=The Denmark News |location=Denmark, Wisconsin }}</ref> From Green Bay, Beyer traveled seven hours by ox team to get to Denmark.<ref name=hans/> In 1875, Beyer opened a store in Denmark, which was the first business in the new town, using a loan of $200.<ref name=hans/> In 1896, Beyer built a new store and cheese factory next to the old store.<ref name=hans/>